Fired up after a long sleep. Sounded good, then...
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What's the prime culprit? Oil filter didn't fly off. Any most likely connection?
p.s. did not need this today...not that there's ever a good time.
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Re: Fired up after a long sleep. Sounded good, then...
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Looks like oil
hole in pan
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Re: Fired up after a long sleep. Sounded good, then...
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Oil. Fired up, purred like a kitten for 60 seconds, then some secondary noise made me think "uh oh" then oil light on. I immediately shut it down and went around front and the car was bleeding out oil.
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Oil filter was super loose. Guess I should have checked before I fired it up. Hand-tightened, will fill up with oil and try again. Or should I get a wrench?
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09/13/17 12:26 AM
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Oil filter was super loose. Guess I should have checked before I fired it up. Hand-tightened, will fill up with oil and try again. Or should I get a wrench? No wrench. You might want to spin on a new one.
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Thanks, ok I will get a new filter and hand tighten it, fill with oil, then fire it up again. Now I have to figure out how to get all that oil out of my engine compartment. yuck! do people still steam clean and is that advisable?
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09/13/17 04:03 AM
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Go buy several cans of engine degreaser and use it several different times after rinsing off the first batch Not the foaming type either :
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Re: Fired up after a long sleep. Sounded good, then...
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Thanks, ok I will get a new filter and hand tighten it, fill with oil, then fire it up again. Now I have to figure out how to get all that oil out of my engine compartment. yuck! do people still steam clean and is that advisable? Go buy some Gunk at the auto parts store. Don't spray anything electrical with it.
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Anyone bother to read the directions when putting on a new filter?
Wix:
Spin on the new filter. When the gasket contacts the mounting base, rotate the filter 3/4 turn.
Fram:
Screw new filter on until gasket reaches base contact. Then tighten according to instructions on filter using tightening guide markers.
Cummins:
Carefully read the installation instructions printed on the outside of the filter to determine the number of turns the filter must to be rotated past gasket contact for proper installation and gasket compression.
Purolator:
Tighten the amount specified for your filter beyond gasket contact (3/4, ¾ - 1, etc)
They all also state use CLEAN oil and not grease.
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Never had a spin-on oil filter drip a drop when its been hand tightened. Of course you have to be smarter than the filter and make sure it and your hands are clean so you can get a solid grip. (Did I really need to say that?)
Yes, the "standard" is film of new oil on the gasket and tighten 3/4 turn once the gasket makes contact. For a new filter.
Filter wrenches can distort and puncture the filter case.
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09/13/17 03:21 PM
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Never had a spin-on oil filter drip a drop when its been hand tightened. Of course you have to be smarter than the filter and make sure it and your hands are clean so you can get a solid grip. (Did I really need to say that?)
Yes, the "standard" is film of new oil on the gasket and tighten 3/4 turn once the gasket makes contact. For a new filter.
Filter wrenches can distort and puncture the filter case.
It don't sound like you have ever done a big truck oil change, it is impossible to get those big filters tight by hand. In 33 years of doing it here at work, I have yet to damage a filter big or small by using filter wrench on them.
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